Cartoons and Comics

Shared Characteristics:

Caricature: art that exaggerates physical experience (the animus - one reason for anthropomorfization)

Speech (ballloons or bubbles appear more often in comics)

Written commentary or caption

Comics are “juxtaposed pictorial and other images in a deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.” (Scott McCoud, Understanding Comics, 1994)

Images - Visual Conventions - Narrative - Popular Appeal

The Yellow Kid, 1897

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel): 1904-1991

Walt (Walter Elias) Disney: 1901-1966

HW for Feb. 3 - C. Bulosan, "Silence" and B. Mukherjee, "Immigrant Writing"

Answer one of the questions:

1) Identify the main arguments of B. Mukhejee's short essay "Immigrant Writing" (anthology, p. 107-110) and state whether you agree and why.

2) Choose a small excerpt (up to 5 lines) of Carlos Bulosan's short story "Silence" (anthology, p. 10-11) and analyse what (and everything) you can about it.